A team of physicists has discovered a new superconducting material with unique tunability for external stimuli, promising advancements in energy-efficient computing and quantum technology. This breakthrough, achieved through advanced research techniques, enables unprecedented control over superconducting properties, potentially revolutionizing large-scale industrial applications. Topics: Applied Physics, Materials Science, Solid-State Physics, Superconductors Researchers used the Advanced PhotonContinue reading “On-Off Superconductor…”
Category Archives: Applied Physics
Fast Charger…
Significant Li plating capacity from Si anode. a, Li discharge profile in a battery of Li/graphite–Li5.5PS4.5Cl1.5 (LPSCl1.5)–LGPS–LPSCl1.5–SiG at current density 0.2 mA cm–2 at room temperature. Note that SiG was made by mixing Si and graphite in one composite layer. Inset shows the schematic illustration of stages 1–3 based on SEM and EDS mapping, which illustrate the unique Li–SiContinue reading “Fast Charger…”
10x > Kevlar…
Scientists have developed amorphous silicon carbide, a strong and scalable material with potential uses in microchip sensors, solar cells, and space exploration. This breakthrough promises significant advancements in material science and microchip technology. An artist’s impression of amorphous silicon carbide nanostrings testing to its limit tensile strength. Credit: Science Brush Topics: Applied Physics, Chemistry, MaterialsContinue reading “10x > Kevlar…”
Scandium and Superconductors…
Scandium is the only known elemental superconductor to have a critical temperature in the 30 K range. This phase diagram shows the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) and crystal structure versus pressure for scandium. The measured results on all the five samples studied show consistent trends. (Courtesy: Chinese Phys. Lett. 40 107403) Topics: Applied Physics, Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics,Continue reading “Scandium and Superconductors…”
Cooling Circuitry…
Illustration of a UCLA-developed solid-state thermal transistor using an electric field to control heat movement. Credit: H-Lab/UCLA Topics: Applied Physics, Battery, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Energy, Thermodynamics A new thermal transistor can control heat as precisely as an electrical transistor can control electricity. From smartphones to supercomputers, electronics have a heat problem. Modern computer chips suffer from microscopicContinue reading “Cooling Circuitry…”
Fusion’s Holy Grail…
A view of the assembled experimental JT-60SA Tokamak nuclear fusion facility outside Tokyo, Japan. JT-60SA.ORG Topics: Applied Physics, Economics, Energy, Heliophysics, Nuclear Fusion, Quantum Mechanics Japan and the European Union have officially inaugurated testing at the world’s largest experimental nuclear fusion plant. Located roughly 85 miles north of Tokyo, the six-story JT-60SA “tokamak” facility heats plasmaContinue reading “Fusion’s Holy Grail…”
‘Teleporting’ Images…
High-dimensional quantum transport enabled by nonlinear detection. In our concept, information is encoded on a coherent source and overlapped with a single photon from an entangled pair in a nonlinear crystal for up-conversion by sum frequency generation, the latter acting as a nonlinear spatial mode detector. The bright source is necessary to achieve the efficiencyContinue reading “‘Teleporting’ Images…”
Funny How It’s Not Aliens…
The 3D model of Menga was drawn with AutoCAD, showing the biofacies (microfacies) present in the stones. The fourth pillar, currently missing, has been added, while capstones C-2, C-3, C-4, and C-5 have been removed in order to show the interior of the monument (Lozano Rodríguez et al.25). (a) Pillar P-3 with examples of biofaciesContinue reading “Funny How It’s Not Aliens…”
Nano Racetracks…
In this image, optical pulses (solitons) can be seen circling through conjoined optical tracks. (Image: Yuan, Bowers, Vahala, et al.) An animated gif is at the original link below. Topics: Applied Physics, Astronomy, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanoengineering, Optics (Nanowerk News) When we last checked in with Caltech’s Kerry Vahala three years ago, his labContinue reading “Nano Racetracks…”
Microlenses…
Chromatic imaging of white light with a single lens (left) and achromatic imaging of white light with a hybrid lens (right). Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Topics: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Applied Physics, Materials Science, Optics Using 3D printing and porous silicon, researchers at the University of IllinoisContinue reading “Microlenses…”
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